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Compromise(d)

Can a Christian compromise on humanity? Can you become so entrenched in being an American, that you begin to blur the line between being a follower of Christ and a follower of “American Exceptionalism”?

American Exceptionalism – “The theory that the United States is qualitatively different from other nation states. In this view, U.S. exceptionalism stems from its emergence from a revolution, becoming what political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset called “the first new nation” and developing a uniquely American ideology, “Americanism”, based on liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, republicanism, populism and laissez-faire. This ideology itself is often referred to as “American exceptionalism.“

Well and good. There is nothing wrong with being proud of our countries achievements when they are MORAL and HUMANE. However, blindly following our leaders, no matter what they DO (focusing on what they “say” they do) will ultimately prove to be the basis of losing your way, for we must remember that Satan himself, can transform into “an angel of light”:

“…For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works….” — 2nd Corinthians 11:14

Did you catch that last line? His (Satan) ministers also can be transformed into ministers of righteousness, or to be exact, APPEAR TO BE righteous. One of the most revolutionary transformations you can make as a Christian is to rid yourself of conceptions that are anti-Bible, anti-God, and anti-Christian, no matter WHERE they come from.

Why is this so important? It depends — do you honestly think you are in a more informed position because you blindly accept things because the “right” person says it? Or, are you prepared to WATCH with discernment, to separate the wheat from the chaff and see what is really happening? After all, it was Jesus Christ himself who said:

“…And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch….” – Mark 13:37

Watch with a discerning eye. Watch with wisdom, not as a sponge – reflecting and checking each thing you see and comparing it to the Bible. Watch whether political parties adhere to principle and uphold human dignity. Everything else in politics (i.e, economics, class warfare, political correctness) are but distractions meant to keep you in the dark.

For an eye-opening trip down the rabbit hole into the reality of Satan’s world that you know nothing about, view my other Blog, “The Inconvenient Truths“

Let me put it to you this way: If you are so caught up in the politics of the day (i.e., Obama is the Anti-Christ, No, Obama is the Saviour — All Muslims are terrorists, no, the Tea-Partiers are terrorists), which are themselves promoted or stamped out by a willing support mechanism called the Main Stream media, how in the world will you know what to do when the time of Jesus Christ’s return is near?

Even your own church, religion, etc must be viewed with a skeptical eye, comparing apples to apples, verifying what is said against God’s word. The current trend towards accommodation, wherein all paths to God are okay as long as they point the way, may be okay for the World (which, after all, is held currently under the sway of the “Prince of the Air”) but it is NOT acceptable to Christians (see my post: Whither Goest Thou?)

In my post Lukewarm and the new (c)hristians I talked about various polls and surveys that showed people who professed to be Christians are as ignorant about the Bible and it’s tenets than un-believers. More disturbing, the largest number of people who viewed torture of another human being as acceptable, were Christians. How do we reconcile that with the teachings of Jesus Christ in His Sermon on the Mount?

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.“

If we use that same logic, then

“Cursed are those who torture and murder for they shall be tortured and murdered.”

In these days of war, terrorism, globalism, empire-building and clash of nations, it is our place, as Christians, to never compromise our beliefs and principles that are Bible-based, just to fit in with the current trend. Our allegiance is to God and it is in compromising that principle that we will be deceived by the powers of this world.

Otherwise, you will face God and account for your allegiance to the Prince of this world, not the One who gave His life as ransom for you…I don’t mind dying, just don’t want to be twice dead.

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Your question – ‘Can you become so entrenched in being an American, that you begin to blur the line between being a follower of Christ and a follower of “American Exceptionalism”?’ – is one that all CHRISTians should very seriously think about, read, study “the word of God”, think upon with extremely seriousness, AND PRAY about.

I remember the late Dr. J. Vernon McGee (Thru the Bible) saying that ‘compromise’ is one of the vilest words for real CHRISTians – who are the few – “the remnant” – that are truly “converted”, “born again” believers and followers of “the Lord Jesus Christ”.

My personal experience and observation over a period of several years is that one of the greatest areas of ‘compromise’ within “the church”, and amongst those in ‘Christendom’, and nearly all those that call themselves ‘christians’ here in ‘Amerika’ is that we think that we are a ‘chosen people’? I know that it is very commonly taught from most pulpits and believed by nearly everyone in this country – but it is nowhere in “the word of the LORD” that I’ve ever read.
– AND – why do people think that ‘Amerika’ will somehow be able to ‘drag ourselves back up by our own bootstraps’ after falling into such great Biblical Apathy, Complacency, Pride, Denominationalism and ever greater and rapidly growing Apostasy – from which NO OTHER COUNTRY EVER EVER HAS! Yet we are choosing to ‘do it our own way’ – or as Frank Sinatra sang ‘I did it my way’
– HOWEVER – according to what I read and study in “the truth”, “the law”, “the word of God”, the Holy Bible – NONE EVER WILL!!!!!!
– PLEASE REMEMBER THAT “The only wise God” HATES “pride” – which He has written much about in “the truth”, “the law” – “the word of God”:
“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” (Prov 8:13 – KJV)
– “pride” = 49 / “proud” = 48 / “proudly” = 9 / “arrogancy” = 4 – for a total of 110 times – YET ‘Amerika’ has chosen to be ‘the land of great pride’ in all areas of life – which includes the ‘religion of Ecumenical Christendom’, and of the increasingly growing “church of the Laodiceans”!

I have a close CHRISTian Brother in NZ, and he is rather shocked and somewhat amused by the great “pride” exhibited by most ‘Christian ministries’ and the people that he has come in contact with here in this nearly Biblically illiterate country of ‘Amerika’. He does not share our inflated view of ourselves – and he is not an ‘armchair christian’ – he is personally involved in a real CHRISTian Ministry that works in countries where there is real Persecution of our Brothers and Sisters in “the Lord Jesus Christ”!

CHRISTians should remember and think about Great Britain – Brittainia, the empire on which the sun never set – was once the center of Biblically sound CHRISTianity and sender of many Godly Missionaries all over the world – HOWEVER they turned their backs upon what “the LORD JEHOVAH” wrote in His Holy Word – in particular their shameful treatment of ISRAEL after WW II – in violation of the written promises of Genesis 12:1-3, and the written promise of Lord Balfour – and now they are one of the most anti-GOD, anti-ISRAEL, anti-JEWISH non-Mohammeden countries on the face of the earth – and that very rapid decline has occurred within my lifetime.

Only by the Mercy and Grace of “the LORD JEHOVAH” did I come to the understanding several years ago that I am first and absolutely foremost a CHRISTian that attends services at ‘such and’ such’ denomination – then an ‘Amerikan’. I am not a ‘popular person’ with most ‘church goers’ – but A.W. Tozer wrote ‘The Loneliness of the Christian’ many years ago.http://www.crossroad.to/Bible_studies/sermons/devotions/loneliness.htm

ISRAEL is back in their “promised land” – presently in unbelief (Ezek 37: – KJV) after nearly 2,000 years – ONLY BY THE MERCY AND GRACE of “the only wise God’ – for HIS Honor and Glory (Ps 115:1), for “the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy” cannot lie, and HE made an eternal covenant – BUT ONLY WITH the “Jews” and the eternally ‘promised land of “Israel” !

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If you can show me – in Biblical context – from the Holy Bible (KJV) that I am wrong, PLEASE DO, and I am absolutely sincere when I say that I know that I know next to nothing at all – just exactly as “the truth” of “the only wise God” shows and tells me personally when I read, study and pray about the meanings of His Holy Word:
“And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”
(1 Cor 8:2 – KJV)
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“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
(1 Cor 13:12 – KJV)
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8 ¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
(Is 55:8-9 – KJV) – Please continue, and read and study thru Verse 13.

NOTE – all words, phrases, and verses in ” ” are from the Holy Bible (KJV)